- Nov 07, 2020
Success Quotes
Success measured in numbers, pressure, and purpose.
This collection looks at success from unexpected angles: why mathematics rewards simple, solvable problems, and why success in the classroom depends on leadership rather than technology alone. Readers focused on personal growth may prefer Suvichar for a more reflective take.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks using only a few hundred C.I.A. and Special Operations personnel, backed by American air power. Later, when the United States transitioned to conventional Pentagon stability operations, this success was reversed.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
You pretty much remove the entire political texture from Blackwater when you come to China. What they look at is our 100 per cent success rate.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's probably people that go to Harvard and say, 'Listen, I went to Harvard. I got a great education, and I can't find a job, or I didn't become the success that I could have been.' Sure, I mean, you probably have that at every major university.
- Engineered
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- Nov 07, 2020
Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.
- Great Way
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your goal is to make money, becoming an entrepreneur is a sucker's bet. Sure, some entrepreneurs make a lot of money, but if you calculate the amount of stress-inducing work and time it takes and multiply that by the low likelihood of success and eventual payoff, it is not a great way to get rich.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that PayPal would taste its first major success by helping people sell Beanie Babies on eBay. But they had a vision, a hope, and the perseverance to try multiple iterations until they got it right.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of entrepreneurs hate big companies. But if you hate them so much, why are you trying to build a new one? The truth is, as soon as a startup has any kind of success whatsoever, it will face big company problems.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The biggest start-up successes - from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg - were pioneered by people from solidly middle-class backgrounds. These founders were not wealthy when they began. They were hungry for success, but knew they had a solid support system to fall back on if they failed.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me.
- Accordance
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- Nov 07, 2020
A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.
- Big Success
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big success stories - Facebook, Zynga and Twitter - are leading to investing in ideas on a napkin, because no one wants to miss out on the next big thing.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a View,' 'Four Weddings' or 'The Full Monty' - money follows, and everyone tries to emulate that success.
- Nov 07, 2020
You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.
- Focused
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- Nov 07, 2020
Environment, homelessness, infrastructure and immigration - I'm very focused on all four, which are critical to the success of Los Angeles.
- Against
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- Nov 07, 2020
Success means eliminating Al Qaeda's ability to launch terrorist attacks against the United States and our allies.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020